[LIS-Forum] Libraries without walls
Subbiah Arunachalam
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Tue Jan 23 11:00:49 IST 2007
SECOND CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Closing date Friday 2 March 2007
Libraries Without Walls 7: Exploring anywhere, anytime
delivery of
library services
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww7/
An international conference organised by CERLIM -
The Centre for Research in Library and Information
Management
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/
To be held on the Aegean Island of Lesvos, Greece, at
the Delphinia
Hotel, Molyvos
http://www.molyvoshotel.com/eng/hotel.htm
14 - 18 September 2007
Cost 495 GBP (including accommodation and breakfast
for four nights,
with lunches and refreshments during the Conference,
and two evening
dinners)
Keynote Speaker
Christine Borgman, Professor & Presidential Chair in
Information
Studies within the Graduate School of Education &
Information Studies at the
University of California Los Angeles.
Conference Themes
>From their beginnings in 1995, the Libraries without
Walls conferences
have mapped a major change in the practice of
librarianship. While
library services are still concerned to provide users
with physical access
to their buildings, electronic access, often from
remote locations, is
becoming ever more dominant. Library services are
being integrated into
virtual learning, research and personal environments.
Papers presented
at previous LWW conferences have mapped this change
and provided
examples of how libraries are delivering their
services whenever and wherever
their users need them.
In 2007 we wish to encourage the widest possible range
of papers to
reflect the diverse current developments in library
service delivery. We
anticipate that papers may cover:
New kinds of service, especially those which open up
new paradigms of
library perhaps the library equivalent of YouTube or
MySpace?
Papers which describe the librarys role within new
models of scholarly
publishing, including experience of developing
services based on
institutional or other repositories, and papers
examining the responsibility
of the library for digital curation.
Service delivery in challenging environments,
especially where the
infrastructure may be sub-optimal as in some
developing countries, or
where the user group represents particular challenges.
New technological solutions, provided these are
presented to
illustrate the impact on users of the improved
services they make possible
Delivery and assessment of information
skills/literacies, especially
where this is achieved through electronic
environments.
As in the past these themes are indicative and we
remain open to
proposals which, while in the general area of interest
of the conference, do
not fit neatly into the defined themes.
In addition to research papers, we welcome papers
based on truly
innovative practice, but these should assess the more
general lessons to be
learned rather than simply presenting a localised case
study.
Submissions
Presentations at the conference can be either papers
of 30 minutes
duration or interactive workshops of 60 minutes.
Workshop sessions could
start before and finish after the extended lunch break
to allow for
discussion time.
To be considered please submit an abstract (between
400 and 800 words)
together with a 50 word biographical statement and a
50 word synopsis
of the paper or workshop which can be used to
publicise your session.
Proposals for workshop sessions should also include a
brief description
of the proposed session format, and an indication of
any special room
or equipment requirements. Please make sure you have
read the
Information for Workshop Presenters on the FAQ section
of the LWW7 website.
All presenters are expected to submit a paper for
publication in the
LWW Conference Proceedings series, published by Facet
Publishing.
Closing date
Submissions should be sent by email (as text rather
than an
attachment), to lww-7 at mmu.ac.uk or mailed to the
address below by Friday 2nd March
2007. All proposals will be considered by a panel of
independent
referees. Applicants will be informed whether their
submissions have been
selected by the end of March 2007.
Please note that, as the conference does not aim to
make a profit, we
are unable to offer discounted conference rates to all
presenters.
However, a small number of subsidised places are
available at LWW7,
covering the conference fee and a contribution to
travel and subsistence
costs. These places are intended for participants from
countries
under-represented at these conferences (especially
those from developing
countries) who would be prevented from attending for
financial reasons. To apply
for a subsidised place please submit the abstract of
your paper
accompanied by a short statement of up to 300 words
which sets out the grounds
for your application and your estimated travel costs.
Feedback from the last Libraries without Walls
Conference included
these comments:
The wide range of perspectives and the high level of
professionalism in
research papers and discourse were among the best I
have experienced in
library conferences!
The Conference papers were both very informative and
relevant; a very
good match with what you promised there would be.
Sharing is the strength of the Conference; the fact
that there are
people from all around the world, with different
backgrounds and
experiences. Very thought-provoking
For further information please visit the website at
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww7/
All enquiries should be addressed to the organisers:
Libraries Without Walls 7 Conference
Centre for Research in Library & Information
Management (CERLIM)
Department of Information and Communications
Manchester Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamond Street West
Manchester
M15 6LL
United Kingdom
Email: lww-7 at mmu.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 (0)161 247 6142
Fax: ++44 (0) 161 247 6979
To make a provisional booking, please provide the
information below.
This does not commit you in any way, but indicates to
us the level of
interest. We will contact you again when booking
opens.
I wish to make a provisional booking for the
conference only
OR
I wish to make a provisional booking for the
conference and submit a
paper
(delete as appropriate)
Surname First names
Position
Organisation
Address
Telephone . Fax
Email
A separate booking form with instructions for payment
will be forwarded
to you in due course.
Margaret Markland
Research Associate
CERLIM
Department of Information and Communications
Manchester Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamond St West
off Oxford Road
Manchester M15 6LL
Tel 0161 247 6142
Fax 0161 247 6979
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